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Overview

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Laser Technician 4 to join their team in Redondo Beach, California. The role involves working on advanced hardware related to laser systems, contributing to revolutionary technological advancements.

Responsibilities

  • Assisting engineers and other technicians in the development of high power laser systems.
  • Performing precision inspection, cleaning, bonding, and troubleshooting of laser optical components.
  • Assembling, aligning, troubleshooting, adjusting, testing, and maintaining laser components, sub-assemblies, systems and associated support equipment.
  • Working from verbal or written instructions that provide methods and sequence of assembly operations.
  • Establishing test setups, conducting testing and reporting data in prescribed formats.
  • Following appropriate laser safety and laser cleanliness procedures/practices.
  • Performing tasks using tools such as microscopes, precision adhesive dispensers, and alignment lasers.

Requirements

  • High School diploma and 6 years of additional education or related technician experience.
  • Experience performing precision inspection, cleaning, bonding, and troubleshooting of laser optical components.
  • Experience assembling, aligning, troubleshooting, adjusting, testing, and maintaining laser components and systems.
  • Experience reading and interpreting mechanical drawings and schematics.
  • Experience working with common optical inspection and assembly tools.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Relocation assistance may be available.
  • Travel required: Yes, 10% of the Time.
  • Position contingent upon capturing program award and obtaining customer funding prior to the start date.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Redondo Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $51/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $40/hr median for welding jobs in Redondo Beach, CA — toward the top of a $36–$60/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Redondo Beach, CA

Redondo Beach, CA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 594 other active welding openings from 272 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Redondo Beach, or widen the search to California.

Northrop Grumman currently has 2 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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